Tree World - View Single Post

letigre · 24th May 2008, 10:14 PM

nice work mate! those long term projects can be really rewarding. speaking of ficus', my old boss and our team had a macrophylla we were taking care of long term. initally it was maybe 50% canopy and looking pretty hagard, then we dead wooded it and removed crossed over branches 6" and under and mulched to the drip-line. i think it took a good 60 cubic metres to mulch the 25m tall(40m spread) beast.

last time i saw it, it had up to 80% foliage, bright greeen and happy and the wounds were already starting to heal, 6 months onwards.

as far as tree reactions go, i hear silky, fig and rous trees are the worst. the only reaction ive ever had was from a fig on a really hot day when i must have ingested some sawdust or sometihng. felt like heatstroke, but i was in the shade all day and was drinking plenty of water.

24th May 2008, 10:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
letigre Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 78	Re: Veronica's poinciana nice work mate! those long term projects can be really rewarding. speaking of ficus', my old boss and our team had a macrophylla we were taking care of long term. initally it was maybe 50% canopy and looking pretty hagard, then we dead wooded it and removed crossed over branches 6" and under and mulched to the drip-line. i think it took a good 60 cubic metres to mulch the 25m tall(40m spread) beast. last time i saw it, it had up to 80% foliage, bright greeen and happy and the wounds were already starting to heal, 6 months onwards. as far as tree reactions go, i hear silky, fig and rous trees are the worst. the only reaction ive ever had was from a fig on a really hot day when i must have ingested some sawdust or sometihng. felt like heatstroke, but i was in the shade all day and was drinking plenty of water.